How To Access Your Emotions As An Actor | Based on Declan Donnellan's technique | Acting Tips
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- čas přidán 26. 05. 2019
- Access emotions is a key facet of being an actor.
There are many different techniques in accessing deep emotions.
In this technique based on Declan Donnellan's book The Actor and the Target you will learn how shifting your focus outwards can help your emotions flow more freely without having to push for them.
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I tap into depression pretty well
Made me laugh really
@@filhanislamictv8712 me too. Good comment!
I did too same with anxiety and a few others
Hahaha
Me too
So basically don't worry about emotion and just listen and react
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Key Points:
• What’s your relationship towards the person your talking to?
• What do you hope to make them feel?
This is genuinely some of the best acting advice I have ever been given… it’s very easy for me to cathartically express my emotions outside of an acting setting, and usually when I am thinking to much about how I feel or If I’m showing the right emotion it tends to make not even be able to express that feeling… but when I put the focus on the characters speaking to me and how I want to make them feel it comes effortless 👍💛
I'm doing a very sad and angry monologue (I struggle with portraying extreme anger) so I'm going out of my comfort zone for this performance
Amazing! How did it go?
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i find it strangely easy to portray extreme sadness, terror and anger.
Same here, I’m also oddly good at being stressed (not just acting)
Same especially with crying and excitement, cute, serious, anger
Yeah same
Everything is different when you act in front of that camera....
@@insanity2770 yuppp!!!
I'm a director but this is helpful
This seems to be Explaining how we respond as people when we’re not acting. Truly making the character a real person! This is awesome
Thank you for the tips! Super helpful! I always find that anger and shouting matches come so much easier for me in scenes than, for example, crying or laughing. I think it's because, since I laugh and cry more in real life than yell, it's easier for me to disconnect my own self when I'm angry. I feel less like myself and more like the character, if that makes any sense.
That makes so much sense and I totally get that too
Most acting tips on CZcams are vague, but your method is more logical and it really helps me. Thanks!
Great video. It's alll about trust. Put your attention outside yourself, and trust that the emotion will show.
I practiced this today literally a few minutes ago and wow I was crying fountains 🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾
Many thanks to you , you are great, I have seen many videos from many channels and lost interest they speak so much but don't actually tell the important ,and here you are telling this amazing tip for free .
Thank you
I've always found it quite easy to tap into serious characters and doing angry scenes and when it comes to being emotional I can tear up however I can never actually get the tears out, been a problem I've been stuck with for a while. Great video btw
Thank you for the brilliant tips Keira ! Hope life will treat you right, you deserve it !
Keira, I’m halfway through Declan’s book and it’s genius. All that makes us emotional comes from outside ourselves and our external stimuli, then we regurgitate it back towards the source of what’s causing us to feel. It’s a great technique to help getting out of your head and instead figuring out objectives and purpose of the scene and what you’re trying to get from the other person. Nice video!!
Thank you Keira. I always thought to really put alot of emotion. But should flow when focusing on the actor.
I love this technique, you see some great actors that can be emotional but they are still disconnected from the scene. This is about listening, knowing the given circumstances and creates better chemistry if in a scene with someone else!
Oh wow! I like this tip, and it’s resonating with me! I’ve always been looking inward and as a result, and it’s usually the same emotion that’s...uh...contrived! I’m going to practice this on my own and when I have another self tape invitation!😁
Thank you for this. It really helped me to allow for a natural flow of emotions as beats change in a scene. 🙏🏽
I LOVE the tip you gave about What do you see in them? Emotions do FLOW ORGANICALLY then!
High quality coaching - extremely helpful with each technique or approach broken down into deep insights on the craft - this is the most layered, nuanced acting programme on CZcams by far 👏
I really like this take, will give it a try at my next acting class! Thank you!
Dear Keira,
Your approach is very realistic, as you are letting the emotions flow naturally, based on the other actor/actress emotions, which will give life to the whole scene, making it more natural and true. Many thanks from Egypt.
i’m trying acting today with my friend, i’ll see how this video goes, and possibly help me!
Great video, I’m just about to make my way to my morning acting class. It’s my second one ever and I’m enjoying it and would like to see where it could go 🤞🏽 I’m very grateful for like videos like this
Such a simple approach, thanks for your tips!
This is really good, damn
thank you so much, this helps a lot to improve my acting. these are superhelpful.
I loved listening to this, thank you!
Oh my god I was obsessed with Declan Donnellan in college.
this the most helpful exercise I've had in a while
Great tip! Gonna start woking with this in mind. Thank you!
This is so helpful!! Thank you so much 😊
Really good. That depends on the energy exchange.
Very useful tips! You helped me so much. I imagine that you must be a great actress. Thank you! ❤
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THIS!!!
This was actually really helpful thank you
Hi Keira, really appreciate this! Been acting for a while but sometimes you forget…
Thank you Keira ...good explanation
This was so helpful thank you!
I genuinely thought the title was referring to Declan Donnelly, from Ant and Dec 😂 I mostly clicked to see what that was all about, but I really learned something
i love this! thank you :)
It’s easy for me to play a laid back, sassy, happy, mean/evil or angry character. Might be because thats how I am naturally but playing a sad character is just sooo difficult for me. 🤦🏾♀️ it’s frustrating bcuz I gotta do a monologue for an audition.
Same
I unfortunately didn’t get it but it’s ok it’s not gonna stop me. ☺️
@Matty D you got this! Keep practicing and ask a family member or friend to help you practice
thank you for this amazing advice
Ty this was very helpful and will help me with my current project.
is it me or did i just fall in love with who ever this woman is.. i dont even know what she is sayin midway, i was like hypnotized by her eyes.. i jus couldnt look away, my god does her eyes carry endless profound beauty..
Wonderful, thank you!
Omg, thank u so much, this really helped me
These tips are good. Thank you
Thank you for your tip. I can tap into what the other persons vibration.
I'm not really sure which emotion I'm good but one thing's for sure I'm ready to try acting emotionally again. I find it hard to cry or do certain scenes that don't feel like me but now I can be more confident in how I act because of the lesson. Thank you so much 🙏
and how did u learn to do that
Very helpful! Thank you! :)
Great tips! Love how it is opposite than what I have learned in acting
i find myself very good at expressing stress, sadness, and anger in my acting
Great tip!
Kiera I love your videos. Love this technique. It’s similar to meisner. I Was wondering if you have a video about certain techniques for acting in scenes alone where there’s no monologues; simply driving to work, watching TV, getting home from work, etc. for example, I know that Utah Hagen talks about certain inner objects to identify beforehand.
I'm natural emotional person but I always act normal. After being in public speaking competition, I understood how much showing my emotions is imporntant Edit:
The thing is I'm emotional but don't know how to express it but this video really helps me❤
Thank you!
Thanks alot it's very helpful for me
Very helpful, thanks
I have a condition called "alexithymia" (no words for emotions). This video really helps me
Usually whenever i act i talk to myself and create my own plot in my head and usually the emotions i use is anger, hatred, sadness, stress, and sensitiveness whenever i act.
Thanks very much.
This is a powerful
How would you recommend responding in a scene if someone asks you "What do you truly want here?" and your character doesn't quite know, so they have to pause a moment and ponder. Do you look inwards? Or do you keep only looking outwards? Great video, thank you!
Hi, I'm no professional teacher, but I have received some advice from one of the lessons I took. How would you react? You'd probably ponder and try to come to a realisation. Make sure that you have character thoughts going through your mind, not actor thoughts, but have them influenced by your thoughts as a person. Eg. You (as the character) may be searching for an answer in your mind, but are unable to find it. You wouldn't be thinking "Should I ponder here?" or "Should I stare in thought?" as a person, so why do that as a character?. That emotion, discovery or searching will come across in your eyes when you think about it. Don't THINK too much about what you're doing as the actor, just breathe and do, be present and in the moment, these reactions will come naturally.
Sorry this is so far in the future, but I hope this helps for any other scenes that may require this :)
U r underrated ♥️🔥
Effectively
Great advice. Getting your mind off yourself can stop you from locking down and getting blocked by feeling you're not getting the emotion. Putting it on the other person and giving it a point of view will fuel both the relationship and your emotions. BUT...what do you do if you are alone on screen and you have to come up with a certain emotion? imagine a scene partner and use the same technique? Sounds plausible...
I struggle with the whole “cry on cue” thing. I find this harder on screen than stage. On stage you’ve got time to work up to the moment (“the moment before” is usually lived through first). However, often times on screen you’re just asked to be in a teary mess from “action”.
In the examples you’ve given, the actor is able to work off the actions and dialogue of their scene partner, but what if there is no scene partner in the scene? What if the character is just in her private space processing the grief of something that happened that day eg. A funeral. How do you use this technique then?
Haha - questions from a struggling working actor (glad to be working tho! Haha)- I actually have been given such a scene and the shoot is in two weeks!
Thanks!
Thanks so much
Thanks this helps
I tap into sadness really well. I will begin to shed tears in 1,2,3
I AM SO ENVIOUS OF YOU RIGHT NOW! I am doing an intense scene where I think if I could shed tears, it would be really great. But well, I cry heaps in my personal life. And for this scene, I can't even manage shedding a single tear. Ughhhh!
I’m gonna practice these I can fake cry pretty goodly I wish I can join a school play or something I always wanted to act
Remember, acting is just listening, then reacting
Thank you.
Helpful tips....💕🍫ty
Nice, Chubbuck Method ! The best method.
Most people don't really pay attention.. even inspiring actors don't pay attention to their 5 senses.. if you are engaged with your senses, you will be present in the moment and the emotions will come naturally.. many actors overthink, have no goal in mind in scene.. always subtext.. what is the end result you are looking for as the character.. when you focus on the process the emotions come as a result.. when you are after the result the emotions don't form
Hey ma’am, I saw you in da insider video
very informative
Anger was the easiest for me. But now, after my treatment with lamotrigine, i have difficulty with all of them.
Hi, can I ask, so including ur vids, I've watched tips on how to access emotion, and getting into character. Now my question is, how do you "get out" of character when you're not acting? I struggle to return to myself again after being immersed in a character 😂
too good✌
Thank you - so glad you enjoyed the vid!
Am really enjoying your acting lessons Keira because am doing acting aswel and you helping me so much with this
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I think anger or sadness is easier to portray. Maybe cause of being empathic?
I don’t know what is it but you have a hot mood haha 😅
Thanks
I'm a singer and I can't act to save my life but these tips are useful for my auditions.
if I become an actor I would do good with an angry role, I get SO angry, the emotion would be real lol!
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I could always show sadness and look depressed maybe cuz i was lol but its been a few days where i just cant show sadness like im to happy for this lol. Feel like a person with no feelings lol
Way cool 😮😢😅❤
I’m gonna need to cry on command and be scared so this helped thank you
Can I ask, what is it about this book so many acting tutors like? And are there any other books you recommend for actor?
When you say don't worry about "showing the emotion," would you consider that the same thing as worrying about "the end result"?
I don’t really have a problem with finding my emotions but when I’m acting I act and feel every emotion and I think I did well but when I watch the clip I does not show my emotions. Do you have any advice on that?
Im not an actress or anything but i think that maybe you should think about the scenes and how the character feels and at the same time think how to express it, like if you're crying you are feeling it but at the same time think about what faces would you do or how would you react, idk if it was helpful, im not an actress im only 14 years old, never had any experiences or anything and you posted this a month ago, but i wish i could help at least a little bit haha
@@user-so2hl7hs6b this helped a lot ,thank you so much and you so sweet for replying
You're welcome, glad i could help
Anger is the emotion is the easiest emotion I can tap into. I've been an angry person for most of my life and I bottle a lot of problems
Good video
One more problm if i want to feel fear when i am alone siiting in a position i can get real feeling of fearfullness but when i begin to performe front of my teachers its all empty from inside no fear att all